Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with
values from the user's environment.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
Input file location:
-i
, --input
=INPUTFILE
input POT file
If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for
the POT file. If it is -, standard input is read.
Output file location:
-o
, --output-file
=FILE
write output to specified PO file
If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale
option or
the user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written
to standard output.
Input file syntax:
-P
, --properties-input
input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
-l
, --locale
=LL_CC[.ENCODING]
set target locale
--no-translator
assume the PO file is automatically generated
--color
use colors and other text attributes always
--color
=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be
'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
--style
=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for --color
-p
, --properties-output
write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w
, --width
=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output
page width, into several lines
Informative output:
-h
, --help
display this help and exit
-V
, --version
output version information and exit